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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Americans in Paris by Aruna D’souza

Over one hundred works by expat artists who sought an escape from stateside restrictiveness in postwar France. Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962, installati…

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Steffani Jemison by Aruna D’souza

The artist’s new exhibition explores freedom, confinement, and flight in the Black imaginary. Steffani Jemison: Bound, installation view. Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali. Phot…

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Cauleen Smith by Aruna D’souza

Beauty, ugliness, an equalizing gaze: the artist channels the work of poet Wanda Coleman to share her vision of Los Angeles. Cauleen Smith: The Wanda Coleman Songbook, installation view. Co…

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Amar Kanwar by Aruna D’souza

Five poetic stories in image and text reveal the ever-present power of nature, greed, friendship, and philosophical inquiry. Amar Kanwar: The Peacock’s Graveyard, installation view. Court…

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

An-My Lê by Aruna D’souza

In the photographer’s current MoMA exhibition, a reminder that war is never over. An-My Lê: Between Two Rivers / Giữa hai giòng sông / Entre deux rivières, installation view. Court…

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Friday, November 17, 2023

With her Dad, Ben Vereen, by Her Side, Karon Davis Turns to Dance by Aruna D’souza

The focus of her art is on realities that Black dancers face in the world of ballet. First she sculpted real dancers; then she brought in a familiar expert to help bring them to life.

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Manet/Degas by Aruna D’souza

Who bore it better? A new show at the Met presents the dueling agendas of the two modernist painters. Manet/Degas, installation view. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo: Anna-Marie …

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Shuvinai Ashoona by Aruna D’souza

Colored-pencil works by the Inuk artist present an imaginative worldview combining cultural traditions and a dreamlike reality. Shuvinai Ashoona: Looking Out, Looking In, installation view.…

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

Proposals for a Memorial to Partition by Aruna D’souza

Thirteen international artists respond to the ongoing legacy of trauma, violence, and defiance caused by the 1947 division. Proposals for a Memorial to Partition, installation view. Courtes…

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Samuel Levi Jones by Aruna D’souza

Encyclopedia Black: the artist digs through educational materials and textbooks to create works revolving around power, racism, and history’s archive. Samuel Levi Jones: Conscious Intuit…

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

Rina Banerjee by Aruna D’souza

Hair, trade, exploration, noodles: the complexities of diasporic movement in twenty-nine works. Rina Banerjee: Black Noodles, installation view. Courtesy the artist and Perrotin. Photo: Gui…

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards